The Beacon, a large late Victorian house in one acre of grounds situated on the West Hill of Hastings, is a hub of creative activity, owned, lived in and managed by Judy Dewsbery. On the lower floor of the main house are two large rooms that are used for a variety of purposes including drawing, life drawing, painting classes, yoga, qi gong, creative workshops and much more. These rooms are for hire for creative activities. map and directions
	"A Walk of Art" is a non-profit making, limited liability company set up to repair and restore the historic route from the old town of Hastings to the valley containing the current town centre of Hastings.  A Walk of Art Ltd has been formed to reclaim and repair this pedestrian trail of twittens, open paths and steep steps and to the celebrate the heritage and culture of Hastings on the way. To achieve this A Walk of Art has to first raise funds for the repair of a failing retaining wall that supports part of the trail. Neither the wall nor the track above it is owned, which seriously complicates matters! The Beacon has rights of way over the problem area. visit: a walk of art website
Yoga Monday evenings: Unifying Yoga. Pranava An initial course of 6 introductory sessions 6 - 7.30pm is then followed by weekly drop-in classes (7.30 - 9) £36 for the introductory course, £6 per class thereafter. This is yoga for people who wish to follow through the asanas (physical postures), relaxation, breathing techniques to the practice of meditation. On the first Monday of each month there will be an extended stage session. This will involve taking one stage and spending more time on it than usual and going more in depth, making the other stages shorter on that night. This will begin on the 1st Monday of February with an extended and more in depth Pranayama session Tuesday evenings 7 - 8.30pm: Zowie: Scaravelli inspired yoga On-going, drop-in class. £6 per session. Wednesday mornings 9.30 - 11am: Nina Savarese: Sivananda Yoga Drop-in or book. Drop-in £7 or £36 for 6 sessions
Life Drawing and Painting: Life drawing:  First Tuesday of the month: drop-in life drawing session. Suitable for all levels of experience. A friendly class - untutored. 10am - 12.30pm. £6. Bring your own materials, plenty of boards and easels here.   Drawing and Painting from the Human Figure with Crawfurd Adamson. Tutored workshops, Mondays, 10am - 4pm. Friendly workshops with no more than10 participants, enabling focused, individual tuition as well as demonstrations to the group. If you have ever wanted to give this a try, then this is your opportunity. All are welcome from beginners to experienced artists. The cost is £32 for the day. Easels and boards supplied and paper is available to buy. Crawfurd Adamson is an artist with works in many collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He has 40 years experience as an artist and as a teacher. To enquire, please click here to email him, or phone 01424 438408 Click here to visit his website and see examples of his work.   'Constructive Life Drawing' classes, with Reg Hendrickse. Wednesday afternoons, 2-4pm. £8. Bring your preferred materials, easels, boards and an experienced nurturing tutor on hand.   Life drawing group meets here regularly each Tuesday (10am - 12.30), with 10 members. There are no vacancies at present, but for further information please contact Barry on: 07897 616353
February 5th: First Sunday Breakfast    We're currently in the process of making marmalade for the breakfast on February 5th! 10am - 1pm. Still holding the minimum donation at £5 (all proceeds to A Walk of Art). Vegan and vegetarian options.
A Walk of Art See Hastings Observer's article; "Artist's mission to link Old Town and the park" : 10 Sep 2010 click here
		The historic route (see map of 1755) as a track between fields) joins the seafront in the Old Town of Hastings to the valley  containing the current town centre. A Walk of Art Ltd has been formed to reclaim and repair this pedestrian trail of twittens, open paths and steep steps and to the celebrate the heritage and culture of Hastings on the way. To achieve this A Walk of Art has to first raise funds for the repair of a failing retaining wall that supports part of the trail. Neither the wall nor the track above it is owned, which seriously complicates matters! The Beacon has rights of way over the problem area. There is a rolling programme of fund-raising events (see events page), and so far £2783 has been raised, which has allowed us to have exporatory bore holes done. The next stage is to apply for major funding.
For more about the Walk of Art project, click here. For more up-to-date information on the progress of our project visit our facebook page, click here